rc_aaa_ctx_server(3) Radius client library rc_aaa_ctx_server(3) NAME rc_aaa_ctx_server - Builds an authentication/accounting request and submits it to a specific server. SYNOPSIS #include int rc_aaa_ctx_server( rc_handle *rh, RC_AAA_CTX **ctx, SERVER *aaaserver, rc_type type, uint32_t nas_port, VALUE_PAIR *send, VALUE_PAIR **received, char *msg, int add_nas_port, rc_standard_codes request_type ); DESCRIPTION Like rc_aaa_ctx() but sends to aaaserver instead of the server list from the configuration. Use this when the caller has already selected the server (e.g., in proxy scenarios). PARAMETERS rh a handle to parsed configuration. ctx if non-NULL, receives an allocated RC_AAA_CTX on success; the caller must free it with rc_aaa_ctx_free(). Pass NULL if not needed. aaaserver a non-NULL SERVER describing the target server(s). type AUTH to use the authentication port, ACCT for the accounting port. Under TLS/DTLS only AUTH is valid (both auth and acct share the same TLS connection to the authserver). nas_port the physical NAS port number to include (may be zero). send VALUE_PAIR list of attributes to send (e.g., PW_USER_NAME). received on success, receives the server's reply VALUE_PAIR list; the caller must free it with rc_avpair_free(). msg if non-NULL, must point to a buffer of PW_MAX_MSG_SIZE bytes; will contain the concatenation of any PW_REPLY_MESSAGE attributes received. add_nas_port if non-zero, PW_NAS_PORT is added to the sent pairs. request_type one of the standard RADIUS codes (e.g., PW_ACCESS_REQUEST). STRUCTURES Avoid using this structure directly, it is included for backwards compatibility only. Several of its fields have been deprecated. struct server { int max; char *name[RC_SERVER_MAX]; uint16_t port[RC_SERVER_MAX]; char *secret[RC_SERVER_MAX]; double deadtime_ends[RC_SERVER_MAX]; // unused }; Avoid using this structure directly. Use rc_avpair_get_uint32() for integer/IPv4/date values, rc_avpair_get_in6() for IPv6 addresses and prefixes, rc_avpair_get_raw() for string/binary values, and rc_avpair_get_attr() to read the attribute type and ID. To iterate the list use rc_avpair_next(). Free the entire list with rc_avpair_free(). struct rc_value_pair { char name[RC_NAME_LENGTH+1]; // attribute name if known. uint64_t attribute; // attribute numeric value of type rc_attr_id including vendor; use VENDOR() and ATTRID() to separate. rc_attr_type type; // attribute type. uint32_t lvalue; // attribute value if type is PW_TYPE_INTEGER, PW_TYPE_DATE or PW_TYPE_IPADDR. char strvalue[AUTH_STRING_LEN+1]; // contains attribute value in other cases. struct rc_value_pair *next; char pad[32]; // unused pad }; Avoid using this structure directly. Use rc_avpair_get_uint32() for integer/IPv4/date values, rc_avpair_get_in6() for IPv6 addresses and prefixes, rc_avpair_get_raw() for string/binary values, and rc_avpair_get_attr() to read the attribute type and ID. To iterate the list use rc_avpair_next(). Free the entire list with rc_avpair_free(). struct rc_value_pair { char name[RC_NAME_LENGTH+1]; // attribute name if known. uint64_t attribute; // attribute numeric value of type rc_attr_id including vendor; use VENDOR() and ATTRID() to separate. rc_attr_type type; // attribute type. uint32_t lvalue; // attribute value if type is PW_TYPE_INTEGER, PW_TYPE_DATE or PW_TYPE_IPADDR. char strvalue[AUTH_STRING_LEN+1]; // contains attribute value in other cases. struct rc_value_pair *next; char pad[32]; // unused pad }; RETURN VALUE OK_RC (0) on success, CHALLENGE_RC (3) on Access-Challenge, REJECT_RC (2) on Access-Reject, or a negative error code on failure. SEE ALSO rc_aaa(3), rc_aaa_ctx(3), rc_aaa_ctx_free(3), rc_aaa_ctx_get_secret(3), rc_aaa_ctx_get_vector(3), rc_acct(3), rc_acct_async(3), rc_acct_proxy(3), rc_add_config(3), rc_apply_config(3), rc_auth(3), rc_auth_proxy(3), rc_avpair_add(3), rc_avpair_assign(3), rc_avpair_copy(3), rc_avpair_free(3), rc_avpair_gen(3), rc_avpair_get(3), rc_avpair_get_attr(3), rc_avpair_get_in6(3), rc_avpair_get_raw(3), rc_avpair_get_uint32(3), rc_avpair_insert(3), rc_avpair_log(3), rc_avpair_new(3), rc_avpair_next(3), rc_avpair_parse(3), rc_avpair_remove(3), rc_avpair_tostr(3), rc_buildreq(3), rc_check(3), rc_conf_int(3), rc_conf_srv(3), rc_conf_str(3), rc_config_free(3), rc_config_init(3), rc_destroy(3), rc_dict_addattr(3), rc_dict_addval(3), rc_dict_addvend(3), rc_dict_findattr(3), rc_dict_findval(3), rc_dict_findvend(3), rc_dict_free(3), rc_dict_getattr(3), rc_dict_getval(3), rc_dict_getvend(3), rc_find_server_addr(3), rc_get_socket_type(3), rc_new(3), rc_read_config(3), rc_read_dictionary(3), rc_read_dictionary_from_buffer(3), rc_send_server(3), rc_test_config(3) radcli 2026-08-19 rc_aaa_ctx_server(3)